diff --git a/HPC_setup/requirements_HDFML_outcommented.txt b/HPC_setup/requirements_HDFML_outcommented.txt
index 9c929ebcb40413123e70858309a9fb6cc891c5fd..71dcb7c35ed85663e47d1391d8cc56973291bef0 100644
--- a/HPC_setup/requirements_HDFML_outcommented.txt
+++ b/HPC_setup/requirements_HDFML_outcommented.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # astor==0.8.1                   # in TF
 # atomicwrites==1.3.0            # in Python
 # attrs==19.3.0                  # in Python
-Cartopy==0.17.0
+# Cartopy==0.17.0
 # certifi==2019.11.28            # in Python
 # chardet==3.0.4                 # in Python
 # cloudpickle==1.3.0             # in Python 
diff --git a/HPC_setup/requirements_JUWELS_outcommented.txt b/HPC_setup/requirements_JUWELS_outcommented.txt
index 79a36ab92463736839515b527b6dae174a9f7658..8d026c0a03802f77be04393d96ab60530ad1a5d6 100644
--- a/HPC_setup/requirements_JUWELS_outcommented.txt
+++ b/HPC_setup/requirements_JUWELS_outcommented.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # astor==0.8.1                   # in TF
 # atomicwrites==1.3.0            # in Python
 # attrs==19.3.0                  # in Python
-Cartopy==0.17.0
+# Cartopy==0.17.0
 # certifi==2019.11.28            # in Python
 # chardet==3.0.4                 # in Python
 # cloudpickle==1.3.0             # in Python